BG 18.59

यद् अहंकारम् आश्रित्य न योत्स्य इति मन्यसे । मिथ्यैष व्यवसायस् ते प्रकृतिस् त्वां नियोक्ष्यति ॥

yad ahaṃkāram āśritya na yotsya iti manyase | mithyaiṣa vyavasāyas te prakṛtis tvāṃ niyokṣyati ||

"If from egotism you think 'I will not fight' — vain is this resolve; Prakṛti will compel you."

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Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)

[1]
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)

[4]
If, filled with self-conceit, thou thinkest 'I will not fight', vain is this thy resolve; thy Prakriti will constrain thee.

K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)

[9]
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K.M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva (1883–96)

[13]
If, having recourse to self-conceit, thou thinkest 'I will not fight', that resolution of thine would be vain, for Nature will constrain thee.